Ferrari Mailing List: Re: McLaren F1

[Fellippe Galletta (fellippe.galletta]

CG,

All of what you say is true but.....

If Ferrari ever left Italy (even Maranello/Modena itself), it would be so weird.....just wouldn't be the same, IMO. 

It would be a tragedy if I never got to go to the factory in Maranello....if this could potentially happen over the next 2 years, most likely that's what will happen. 

:(

FG

On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 8:18 PM, Charles Perry <charles [at] carolina-sound.com> wrote:

I’m assuming that that is, at least at first, a shot across the bow of the various government agencies letting them know that Ferrari expects some tax subsidies or relief once they’re on their own if they choose to stay in Italy.

 

If said agencies can’t come to an agreement or call their bluff, I don’t have much of a problem seeing Ferrari move out of Italy. Sooner or later governments need to realize that taxing their generating base out of existence is not a solution to anything. For 2012 (last year I see statistics), “home” sales were only 3.4% of Ferrari’s production. Clearly national pride isn’t translating to ownership. As long as the designers remain Italian I don’t think it will change the company character much, and frankly the designs haven’t been much Italian since the 360. With the exception of the 550/575 and 458, I think most of the newer cars could easily be Asian without anyone blinking an eye.

 

 

 

From: Ferrari [mailto:ferrari-bounces+charles=carolina-sound.com [at] ferrarilist.com] On Behalf Of Erik Nielsen
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2014 1:07 PM
To: Charles Perry
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] McLaren F1

 

For those that didn't see the "Ferrari Considers Moving out of Italy" piece on Bloomberg yesterday...

 

http://www.bloomberg.com/video/ferrari-considers-moving-out-of-italy-tlE4RFgiRsqfgWN_bSprLw.html

 

Sergio gets it, Luca had to go.

 

Popcorn futures are up...

 

 

 

On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 10:28 AM, Rick Moseley <ramosel [at] pacbell.net> wrote:

I've said it before and I'm not doing this to rile Fellipe...

Their nationalistic approach is to be applauded if promoting Italia is the biggest concern.  They have done that well.

But not so recent history showed this didn't work for their F1 program.

Then then they brought in the little Frenchman, who brought in the Brit engineer and the German driver...

And all was well in the land of Red.  The Tifosi cheered, again and again.

In recent history its been top heavy with Italians again.  And the cheering has gone quiet in the land of Red.
(don't believe me... click on the "+" signs at http://formula1.ferrari.com/people and look at the names)
I'm not saying there are not Italians who are the top of their fields...  Look what Aldo Costa has done for Mercedes.
I'm saying that all the best are not going to be Italian and if you want the best of the best, you have to be willing to look outside of Italian culture.  Unless they are looking to build a "nationalistic" team.  In which case they've done a very good job.  But "good" doesn't win races.
Now they have another German driver (IMHO not as good as the one before)... so maybe its the start of something "great" again.

 

I think Honda waiting out an extra year has been a wise idea for their new engine program.  Once they weed out the gremlins they will have a motor equal the mighty Merc...   But still, I'll like to see them go to a displacement based system and drop the phony "we're green" hybrid bull$hit.  And I'm sure Alnoso will out-drive Button on a consistent basis.

Rick

 

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From: Rick Lindsay <richardolindsay [at] gmail.com>
To: Rick Moseley <ramosel [at] pacbell.net>
Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2014 4:51 AM
Subject: [Ferrari] McLaren F1

 

Hey Friends,

 

Any thoughts about McLaren's competitiveness in light of Honda power and two world champion drivers? My initial thoughts are that the boys in red had better step up their game! 

 

Thoughts?

 

-rick

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